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News, tutorials, and updates from the Potato team.

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Guides8 min read

Migrating from Label Studio to Potato

Step-by-step guide for manually converting Label Studio projects, templates, and annotations to Potato format.

January 20, 2026

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Guides5 min read

Running Annotation Studies on Prolific

Complete guide to integrating Potato with Prolific for crowdsourced annotation, including payment and quality control.

January 20, 2026

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Guides6 min read

Legal Document Annotation Best Practices

Specialized techniques for annotating contracts, court documents, and regulatory filings with domain expertise.

January 18, 2026

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Guides5 min read

Medical Image Annotation with Potato

Best practices for annotating medical images using Potato's standard image annotation features.

January 18, 2026

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Tutorials4 min read

Polygon Annotation for Segmentation Tasks

How to configure polygon drawing tools for image segmentation, with tips for complex shapes and overlapping regions.

January 18, 2026

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Guides3 min read

Active Learning: Annotate Smarter, Not Harder

How to use uncertainty sampling to prioritize annotations and reduce the total labeling effort by up to 50%.

January 15, 2026

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Tutorials3 min read

Drawing Bounding Boxes for Object Detection

Complete guide to setting up bounding box annotation for computer vision tasks, including label colors and validation.

January 15, 2026

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Guides4 min read

Exporting Annotations to Hugging Face Datasets

How to convert your Potato annotations into Hugging Face dataset format for model training and sharing.

January 15, 2026

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Tutorials6 min read

Image Comparison and Preference Tasks

Build side-by-side image comparison interfaces for preference ranking, A/B testing, and quality assessment.

January 15, 2026

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Announcements3 min read

Introducing Potato 2.0: AI-Powered Annotation

We're excited to announce Potato 2.0 with AI-powered features, multimedia support, and active learning capabilities.

January 15, 2026

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Automatic Keyword Highlighting

Configure AI-powered keyword highlighting to draw annotator attention to important terms and phrases.

January 15, 2026

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Guides6 min read

Deploying to Amazon Mechanical Turk

Step-by-step instructions for running Potato annotation tasks on MTurk with qualification tests and approval workflows.

January 15, 2026

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Tutorials4 min read

Creating a Sentiment Analysis Task

Build a complete sentiment classification task with radio buttons, tooltips, and keyboard shortcuts for efficient labeling.

January 15, 2026

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Guides6 min read

Content Moderation Annotation Setup

Configure Potato for toxicity detection, hate speech classification, and sensitive content labeling with annotator wellbeing in mind.

January 12, 2026

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Guides4 min read

Custom HTML Templates in Potato

Create custom annotation interfaces with HTML templates, CSS styling, and JavaScript interactivity.

January 12, 2026

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Tutorials6 min read

Pronunciation Assessment Annotation

Build a language learning annotation task for rating pronunciation quality with audio playback and Likert scales.

January 12, 2026

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Tutorials4 min read

Speaker Diarization Annotation

Build a speaker identification task with audio waveforms, timestamp markers, and speaker label assignment.

January 12, 2026

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Tutorials3 min read

Video Annotation with Frame-by-Frame Controls

Set up video annotation tasks with precise frame navigation, timestamp markers, and temporal event labeling.

January 12, 2026

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Tutorials5 min read

Audio Event Detection and Tagging

Set up annotation for detecting specific sounds like speech, music, applause, or environmental noises with timestamp spans.

January 10, 2026

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Tutorials2 min read

Getting Started with Potato in 5 Minutes

A quick guide to setting up your first annotation project with Potato, from installation to your first labeled data.

January 10, 2026

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Guides5 min read

Measuring Inter-Annotator Agreement

How to calculate and interpret Cohen's Kappa, Fleiss' Kappa, and Krippendorff's Alpha for your annotation projects.

January 10, 2026

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Announcements3 min read

Potato Featured at EMNLP 2022

Our paper on Potato was accepted at EMNLP 2022. Learn about the research behind the tool and how to cite it in your work.

January 10, 2026

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Quality Control for Crowdsourced Annotation

Best practices for ensuring annotation quality in annotation projects, including practical strategies you can implement with and beyond Potato.

January 10, 2026

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Tutorials4 min read

Image Classification with Potato

Learn how to set up image classification tasks with thumbnail previews, zoom controls, and multi-label support.

January 8, 2026

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Guides5 min read

Integrating LLMs for Smart Annotation Hints

Learn how to use OpenAI, Claude, or Gemini to provide intelligent hints and suggestions to your annotators.

January 8, 2026

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Tutorials5 min read

Music Genre Classification Annotation

Create a music annotation task with waveform visualization, 30-second previews, and hierarchical genre labels.

January 8, 2026

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Guides6 min read

Deploying Potato on a Server

Production deployment guide for Potato including Docker, cloud platforms, and SSL configuration.

January 8, 2026

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Tutorials3 min read

Multi-Object Tracking Annotation

An overview of multi-object tracking annotation concepts and how Potato's video annotation capabilities can support basic tracking workflows.

January 6, 2026

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Tutorials6 min read

Classifying Emotions in Speech

Create an audio emotion classification task with waveform display, playback speed controls, and Likert scales.

January 5, 2026

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Tutorials4 min read

Building Your First NER Annotation Task

Step-by-step tutorial on creating a named entity recognition annotation task with span labels and keyboard shortcuts.

January 5, 2026

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Guides3 min read

Understanding Potato Data Formats

A deep dive into JSON and JSONL data formats, with examples for text, image, audio, and multimodal annotation.

January 5, 2026

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Tutorials5 min read

Setting Up Audio Transcription Review

Configure waveform visualization, playback controls, and text correction interfaces for audio transcription tasks.

January 3, 2026

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